CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Flashcards

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Basic Divisions of the Cardiovascular

A
  • Heart
  • Two closed circuits of Blood Vessels:
    - Pulmonary circuit
    - Systemic circuit
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➢ a muscular pump consisting two receiving chambers (atria) and two pumping chambers (ventricles)

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Heart

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➢ circulation of the blood from the heart going to the lungs to get the oxygen and throw the carbon dioxide and back to the heart.
➢ Between the heart and lungs

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Pulmonary circuit

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➢ From the heart to be distributed to the different body system.
➢ Between heart and different body system

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Systemic circuit

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5
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Blood Vessels :

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Arteries
Capillaries
Veins

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6
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➢ Carrying oxygenated blood, except pulmonary arteries that will carry unoxygenated blood.
➢ Reddish color

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Arteries

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7
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➢ Exchange of gases and giving the oxygen to the tissues and getting the carbon dioxide from the tissues.

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Capillaries

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8
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➢ Carrying unoxygenated blood, except pulmonary veins that will carry oxygenated blood.
➢ CO2
➢ Blueish color

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Veins

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9
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  • a four-chambered, hollow, muscular organ lying between the lungs in the middle mediastinum.
  • about the size of a man’s fist, and in the normal male weighs approximately 250-300gm (Male), 200-275gm (Female).
  • the heart is shaped like an inverted cone, with its apex (end tip) pointed downward and to the left base upwards and to the right
  • its apex anteriorly and inferiorly to the left at 5th ICS, MCL (ICS – intercostal space, MCL – mid clavicular line)
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Heart

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10
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NEVER BACK DOWN NEVER WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????

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NEVER GIVE UPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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